We have discussed what type of flag we would like to fly, but we couldn't reach a consensus. Well, that's not entirely true because we all agreed that we'd be happy with an "Apple" flag, but I couldn't see any at www.apple.com or at any of the other flag sites. At one stage I did look fairly extensively for a flag that would suit our household, but nothing jumped out. I wanted something that was fun without being frivolous and I didn't want to make any major statement with my flag. But I knew I didn't want the Australian flag. I should explain that I love being Australian - and I truly believe we are a lucky country, even when statistics don't necessarily support that. However, I really don't like the Australian flag. I don't like having another countries flag embedded in our flag. According to www.ausflag.com.au (a sight devoted to "creating a flag which tells 'our' story, not someone else's") the competition that was held to determine the flag design had suggestive rules that almost ensured that only a British Ensign with a badge representative of Australia was likely to be a winner. It doesn't surprise me!
Unfortunately, there is no momentum for changing the flag - indeed, if Australia Day is anything to go by, there is a growing love of the current flag. In my view, we could take out the Union Jack from our flag and leave it at that! But it's just not going to happen. So sad...
Anyway, we knew we needed a new flag because the current one was looking very tired. On holidays we found a flag that we all liked and today I hoisted the new flag onto the flagpole. It is a sun with vibrant colours around it. I would love to know exactly what it means, but I can't find one similar on the web! I will keep looking, but it appears that this is just a nicely coloured flag.
I am so grateful that I can fly a brightly coloured flag from my flagpole.
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